Interested in Roman Riding?

[John Conyard]

The weekend went better than I expected with less problems than there could have been. The young 4 year old needed a new bit to help the riders control. And we
only had one fall, a gentle reminder during training. There were no injuires which was very good. Getting everybody tacked up took a daft 53 minutes for the first training session but we soon had this down to a round half an hour as normal. Bits of the show can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS6k4N_SOrw and I hope a selection of photos will soon be on the Comitatus website.

What made the show different were the personal battles each rider faced with their mount. Each struggle was different and all were fascinating. It meant that rather riding well withing their capacity, many of us were riding on the edge, and it made for a very exciting show. I appreciate many of the public don't understand the work that goes in to making a horse perform as you wish it to, but I do, and some of our riding was excellent. I was nearly off in every show :oops: God knows what was happening here! And this was as nothing compared to some moments.
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Any way it was eciting stuff and one of the most memorable shows I've been part of.